Unit 4 Vocab

Front 1

Arabesque

Back 1

a type of curvilinear decoration in painting, metalwork, etc, with intricate intertwining leaf, flower, animal, or geometrical designs

Front 2

Ambulatory

Back 2

an aisle surrounding the end of the choir or chancel of a church.

Front 3

Apse

Back 3

a semicircular or polygonal termination or recess in a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the end of a choir in a church.

Front 4

Arcade

Back 4

a series of arches supported on piers or columns.

Front 5

Archivolt

Back 5

a molded or decorated band following the extrados of an arch or forming an archlike frame for an opening.

Front 6

Axial plan

Back 6

1

Front 7

Bay

Back 7

any of a number of similar major vertical divisions of a large interior, wall,

Front 8

Calligraphy

Back 8

a script, usually cursive, although sometimes angular, produced chiefly by brush, especially Chinese, Japanese, or Arabic writing of high aesthetic value.

Front 9

Chevet

Back 9

1

Front 10

Choir

Back 10

1

Front 11

Cloister

Back 11

1

Front 12

Compound pier

Back 12

1

Front 13

Clerestory

Back 13

1

Front 14

Flying Buttress

Back 14

1

Front 15

Jamb

Back 15

1

Front 16

Koran

Back 16

1

Front 17

Medina

Back 17

1

Front 18

Mihrab

Back 18

1

Front 19

Minaret

Back 19

1

Front 20

Minbar

Back 20

1

Front 21

Moralized Bible

Back 21

1

Front 22

Mosque

Back 22

1

Front 23

Muhammad

Back 23

1

Front 24

Pieta

Back 24

1

Front 25

Pinnacle

Back 25

1

Front 26

Pilaster

Back 26

1

Front 27

Portal

Back 27

1

Front 28

Qiblah

Back 28

1

Front 29

Radiating Chapel

Back 29

1

Front 30

Reliquary

Back 30

1

Front 31

Rose Window

Back 31

1

Front 32

Tesssellation

Back 32

1

Front 33

Tracery

Back 33

1

Front 34

Trancept

Back 34

1

Front 35

Triforium

Back 35

1

Front 36

Trumeau

Back 36

1

Front 37

Vaults

Back 37

Barrel vault
Fan Vault
Rib vault
Groin vault

Front 38

Voussoir

Back 38

1